CONTENTS. Xv 
CHAPTER XVII. 
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Vegetable Poisons.—Medicinal Plants.—Scents and Perfumes.—Ma- 
terials for Clothing.—Mats and Baskets.—Fibres used for Cordage. 
—Timber.—Palms.—Ornamental Plants.—Miscellaneous . 332 
CHAPTER XVIII. 
Remarks on the Fauna of Fiji—Mammals.—Birds.—Fishes.—Rep- 
tiles.—Mollusks.—Crustacea.—Insects.—Lower Animals : . 381 
CHAPTER XIX. 
Fijian Religion.—Degei, the Supreme God.—Inferior Deities.—Wor- 
ship of Ancestors.—Idolized Objects.—Temples.—Creation and 
Ultimate Destruction of the World.—A Great Flood.—Immor- 
tality of the Soul. ci of Future Abode. a of 
Superstition . : : é . 889 
CHAPTER XX. 
Historical Remarks on Fiji.—Discovery of the Islands.—Sandal-wood 
Traders.—Early White Settlers —Missionaries.—Foreigners at 
present Residing in the Group.—Departure from Fiji in the ‘ Stag- 
hound.’—Terrific Storm off Lord Howe’s Island.—Arrival in eS) 
ney.—Return to England.—Concelusion . F - 40-4 
APPENDIX. 
I.—Report of Admiral Washington, R.N. . : : ‘ : . 419 
II.—Report of Colonel Smythe, R.A., to Colonial Office F . 421 
IlI.—Systematic List of all the Fijian Plants at present known . 431 
